Variety
Inside Ryan Murphy’s Universe: How Director Max Winkler Found Creative Meaning in ‘Lizzie Borden,’ ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘Love Story’ and More
In 2019, Max Winkler was an indie film director about to level up. Having cut his teeth directing sitcoms in the ’10s — ...
Paramount Says Timing for Warner Bros. Deal Close ‘If Any’ Is ‘Not Yet Certain’ but Pencils In Oct. 5 Date to Issue PSKY Shareholders Warrants Tied to...
Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion agreement to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery is not quite a done deal, but the compa...
Jodie Turner-Smith Sued for Allegedly Enabling Brother’s Sexual Misconduct and Drug Dealing
Richard Smith, the brother of actor Jodie Turner-Smith, was sued by three women for alleged sexual misconduct and drug d...
White House Has Spent More Than $440,000 on Pro-Trump TV Ads Paid for by U.S. Government; Administration Defends ‘Unapologetically American’ Spots and...
TV ads featuring President Donald Trump — including one in which he declares that “America will never be a communist cou...
Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland in Fred Astaire Biopic as Adele Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Tom Holland has found his dance partners for Sony’s yet-to-be-titled Fred Astaire biopic: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina C...
Ari Emanuel Details Hollywood Rise in New Memoir: Harvey Weinstein Feuds, Signing Martin Scorsese and a Tense Evening With Larry David and Elon Musk
Ari Emanuel has spent more than three decades making deals, building companies and occasionally screaming his way throug...
Lance Oppenheim on ‘Primetime,’ ‘You Can See Everything’ and How Chris Hansen’s Reaction ‘Is Exactly What the Film Is About’
Lance Oppenheim has always lived in reality, but not all his subjects do. The documentarian has built a career out of po...
San Sebastián 10 Takeaways, From Brad Pitt Seducing San Sebastián to AI, Buzz Titles, Deals and Glorious Gastronomy
Blessed by warm but hardly sweltering late summer sun — and no typical Basque txirimiri drizzle so common to other editi...
Halle Berry Says Anti-Violence Film and Portraying a ‘Female Way of Dealing With Violence’ Is ‘Something the World Needs Right Now’ While Presenting T...
The sun set on a perfect fall evening in New York City as emerging writers, directors and producers mingled with industr...
Chris Hansen Slams ‘Primetime’ and Robert Pattinson’s Portayal of Him: ‘So Bizarre’ and ‘Detached From Reality’
Chris Hansen finally took a seat for “Primetime,” and he was not happy about the portrayal of himself. The former “To Ca...
How ‘Never After Dark’ Dodges Horror Clichés: Shoot Well-Lit Scenes, Challenge Conventional Storytelling and ‘Pull the Rug Out From Under People’
As the title implies, “Never After Dark” is a horror film that isn’t stuck in the shadows. “There’s something very tacti...
Endemol Shine North America CEO Sharon Levy Exits After Nearly a Decade
Sharon Levy is exiting Banijay’s Endemol Shine North America after nearly a decade at the company — including most recen...
‘South Park’ Season 29 Premiere Hits 4.2 Million Viewers in Three Days and Jumps 33% in Rating After Renaming to ‘South America’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s latest stunt has paid off. The Season 29 premiere of “South America” — renamed from “South ...
All Things Go NYC Festival Canceled Due to ‘Severe Weather Conditions’
All Things Go NYC Festival has been canceled because of “severe weather conditions,” organizers said in a statement. The...
Spain’s Begin Again Films Boards Brazilian Basketball Biopic ‘Paula & Hortência – The Last Chance’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Spain-based Begin Again Films secured an international sales deal for “Paula & Hortência – The Last Chance.’ The fil...
L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Turns to Microdramas to Power Youth Vote
It’s an unseasonably warm September day in Chatsworth, and the air conditioning at the Capital Arts soundstages has gone...
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Sets HBO Max Release Date in Time for Halloween
One of the year’s scariest movies will be ready to stream before Halloween: “Evil Dead Burn” will be released on HBO Max...
RioFilme to Announce $20 Million Film and TV Incentives at Rio Film Fest’s RioMarket
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — RioFilme, the film and TV company of Rio de Janeiro City, will launch a call for proposals amou...
‘Charlie Harper’ Review: Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson Come Apart, in Fits and Starts, in a Fuzzy, Non-Linear Breakup Drama
The first thing to know about “Charlie Harper” is that it’s not, in fact, about someone called Charlie Harper. Charlie (...
Patti LaBelle, Common, Public Enemy Honored at Black Music Action Coalition Gala 2026
Patti LaBelle, Common and Public Enemy were among the artists and executives who were celebrated on Thursday night at th...
Fox News Assigns Larry Kudlow to Anchor Maria Bartiromo’s ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ Through Midterms
Fox News is replacing one opinionated business anchor with another, assigning Larry Kudlow to anchor “Sunday Morning Fut...
Joy Division’s Massive ‘Eternal’ Boxed Set Documents the Band’s Brilliant Evolution Over 16 Concerts: Album Review
Few artists have cast as vast an influence in as short a time as Joy Division, the pioneering Manchester post-punk quart...
Lena Dunham is All Business in First Look at Channel 4’s A24 Drama ‘It Gets Worse’
Lena Dunham is all business in first look images from upcoming Channel 4/A24 drama “It Gets Worse.” Dunham guest stars a...
Shemar Moore Is Back in Action in Starz’s Solid Cop Drama ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’: TV Review
Just one year after wrapping an eight-season run on CBS’ “S.W.A.T.,” Shemar Moore’s stoic but righteous Sergeant II Dani...
Willem Dafoe Says Record-Breaking U.S. Box Office Should Be ‘Spread Out a Little Bit’: ‘The Audience Comes Mainly From Three Huge Movies’
Willem Dafoe, who is at the Zurich Film Festival presenting the opening night film “Tenzing,” spoke about the record-bre...
Rio Fest’s RioMarket, Kicking Off Oct. 1, to Feature TikTok Program and Online Business Meetings
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — RioMarket, the business section of the Rio International Film Festival, will be held over Oct. ...
Elton John, Charli xcx, Burna Boy and More Set Shows at New Apple Music Hall in London
London’s new venue Apple Music Hall has announced its inaugural lineup, including performances from Elton John, Charli x...
Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Returns to Theaters With Ticket Sales Donated to Dollywood Foundation After Star’s Death
Dolly Parton’s hit 1980 comedy “9 to 5” will return to theaters next month for one week in the wake of the country super...
Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,’ Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Debut’ Among Rome Film Festival Standout Titles
Tim Blake Nelson’s prison saga “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” Diego Luna’s migration drama “Ashes,” Boots Riley’...
Produced by J.A. Bayona, Netflix Documentary Series ‘Beyond Society’ Examines What Happens After the Survivors of the 1972 Andes Plane Crash Return to...
The Netflix documentary series “Beyond Society” (“Más Allá de la Sociedad”) had its world premiere at the San Sebastián ...
In Finnish Body Horror ‘Tick Fever,’ Lyme Disease Is the Least of Your Worries (EXCLUSIVE)
No one likes ticks – least of all “Tick Fever” director Sebastian Granskog. “Every Finn has learned to live in fear of t...
ECAM Incubator Film Project ‘Our Raised Skin’ Explores the Male Body and the Fear of Its Touch
Director Paolo Natale’s experimental hybrid documentary/video-essay, “Our Raised Skin” (“Nuestra Piel Levantada”), is cu...
‘My Octopus Teacher’ Outfit Off The Fence Boards Viviane D’Avilla’s Intersex Doc ‘Let Us Be’ Ahead of Rio Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Off the Fence (OTF), the leading storytelling media group and co-producer of Oscar-winning documentary “My Octopus Teach...
What Comes Next for Brazil After ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘The Secret Agent’? International Co-Productions Point Towards a Strong International Future
In 2025, Walter Salles made history when he won Brazil with “I’m Still Here” its first-ever Oscar for a Portuguese-langu...
The Drive-In, Streaming Platform Where Indie Filmmakers Keep IP, Audience and Money, Sets Launch (EXCLUSIVE)
A new streaming platform aimed at independent film and supporting independent filmmakers has been unveiled. The Drive-In...
Block the Merger Coalition Asks Court to Reject Paramount’s Settlement With States Over Warner Bros. Deal
A coalition of groups under the Block the Merger banner have filed an amicus brief – a third party representation in a c...
Oscars: Denmark Selects May el-Toukhy’s Golden Lion Winner ‘Woman Unknown’ for International Feature Race
May el-Toukhy’s “Woman Unknown” as be chosen as Denmark’s official entry for the international feature film race at the ...
‘Florid’ Director Billy Lumby on Challenging ‘Misrepresentation’ of Schizophrenia on Screen and Casting Non-Actors in Feature Debut
The depiction of schizophrenia on screen — especially in horror movies — has largely seen the mental health condition li...
‘Halima,’ First Finnish Pic Ever by Black Female Filmmaker, Bags Fiction Project Prize, ‘Sauna Diplomacy’ Named Best Genre Project at Finnish Film Aff...
Former BBC journalist Naima Mohamud’s heartfelt and warm comedy “Halima,” about a 10-year-old Somali girl trying to fit ...
‘Unabomber’ Review: A Portrait of the Terrorist as a Young Man, Given a Hokey TV-Movie Gloss
The Unabomber may be a figure of enduring public fascination, but it’s hard to see that extending to “Unabomber,” Netfli...
English (US) 